Battle of Pirmasens

Battle of Pirmasens
Part of War of the First Coalition
Troop movements during the battle of Pirmasens 1793
Date 14 September 1793 Location Pirmasens, Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt, modern-day Germany Result Prussian victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Prussia	Republican France
Commanders and leaders
Duke of Brunswick	Jean René Moreaux
Units involved
Prussian Army	Corps of the Vosges
Strength
8,000, 58 guns	12,000, 36 guns
Casualties and losses
167	4,000, 19–22 guns

The Battle of Pirmasens (14 September 1793) saw the French Republican corps led by Jean René Moreaux attack the Prussian force led by Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. From prepared positions, the Prussians caught the French in a deadly crossfire, forcing them to withdraw their troops. The clash happened during the War of the First Coalition, part of a larger conflict known as the French Revolutionary Wars. In 1793 Pirmasens was part of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt but today the city is in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany, 34.4 kilometres (21 mi) south of Kaiserslautern.